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APFS Bug in macOS 10.15.5 Catalina Impacts the Creation of Bootable Backups
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You don't sound like you're actually I.T. Nobody is talking about setting up computers. That initial process is, as you said, simple. It's even simple on Linux distros and FreeBSD, so hardly worth mentioning. The complexity comes from maintaining those computers over the course of years, as random bits of software gets installed on them (huge part of why I only give a select few admin). Over time, things get corrupted and bogged down with junk, and some operating systems handle that better than others. Windows has been notorious for not doing a great job at that, but Windows 10 has definitely improved things a great deal.
EDIT: Plus, nobody who has done I.T. for awhile would disparage other technicians. I.T. is not an easy field, and we all undergo some pain and suffering (looking at you, random having-a-bad-day-and-determined-to-make-someone-else-feel-the-same-way humans). I'd think we could all be a little sympathetic to each others' pain.
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From TidBits, October 2019:
Six Reasons Why iOS 13 and Catalina Are So Buggy
The most essential article on Apple I've read in years.
Six Reasons Why iOS 13 and Catalina Are So Buggy
The most essential article on Apple I've read in years.
Mmhhhmmm... Many times thought recently, although, certainly not limited to Apple.
More reliable as BSoD is now rare, however, I can name at least three unreliable subsystem behaviors 1. USB protocol negotiation. You might have a drive that actually works at 3.0 speeds, though most of the time not. However, that same drive's transfer speeds are always consistent with macOS. 2. Not receiving updates? Oh, that's just Windows Update being broken again. Changes recently? Nope, just breaks itself from time to time -- a VERY longstanding issue 3. Drivers can be a huge pain. As manufacturers make small modifications to match their custom firmware, drivers don't work well. Try to install one directly from the manufacturer, e.g., Nvidia graphics on a Dell laptop, WU might just override that with a newer, generic Nvidia version posted to the Windows Update catalog. What a fun battle! -- I realize not exactly Micorosft's fault but they could do a better job helping to prevent it.
Pretty much \/
Re-register DLLs, uninstall then reinstall drivers, restart, and so on without any change or face a follow-up problem.
There's some subtleties. One, Microsoft unbundled application updates from the OS, just like Android does. These run on a continuous update cycle. For example, a bug in Mail or Music doesn't need to wait for an OS update, it's silently auto-updated. Similarly, new features are rolled out in smaller chunks.
Microsoft Office does this as well, new features come every month with bug fixes potentially every other week. Major features are gated behind a preview switch and then with a cloud-metered rollout.
Apple is in a bad zone: too fast to ensure quality, too slow to fix problems satisfactorily.
Second, Microsoft has really dialed down the pace of core OS changes. They essentially skipped 19H2 and really there hasn't been many core changes since 1803. When MS skipped 19H2, a lot of people were pleased.
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From that linked article:
This is disturbing - they actually celebrate not fixing old bugs?
Meanwhile, Apple's own TimeMachine backup utility *still* does not support backing up to an APFS volume. The problem with big money is it makes you forget what's really important, what got you to where you are to begin with. Hey Apple: start thinking differently - think QUALITY. As an aside, I do think a lot of big tech companies are now suffering from a shortage of skilled engineers.
Time Machine is great for keeping track of historical file changes/revisions of user data. I leave full restore tasks to CCC by making a monthly clone (or full snapshot of what is known and good prior to any major change or upgrade). I also boot from the clone to verify before meatball brain surgery begins
Catalina has been a bumpy ride for many... I haven't experienced too many hiccups on a 12" upgraded from Mojave (~2 weeks after Catalina was released- mostly to be a canary/guinea pig for accessing enterprise stuff and see if I survived haha), a 2020 MBA i7 and a 2020 MBP 10th gen 2GHz i5.
I honestly don't think Apple is abandoning macOS, more likely trying to streamline development and releases to a more modern DevOps style approach that has a lot of legacy process and procedures tied to it like Queen Mary size boat anchors.
More like “not fixing bugs that 1. Doesn’t deal enough damage, 2. Not enough noise about that bug.”
Nowhere in that section was amount of damage ever mentioned, only if it was a regression. Those Apple engineer T-shirts didn't say "Not Enough Damage", only "Not a Regression". And according to the article, "if you file a bug report, and the QA engineer determines that bug also exists in previous releases of the software, it’s marked “not a regression."" So by that logic, even if lots of people keep sending reports about that bug, it will keep getting marked as "not a regression" and never get fixed.
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You think something stored at a location or locations remote to you, on media you do not control, that explicitly disclaims a service guarantee, is a backup?
He said for a week his company tried so it wasn't maintaining it was setting up. I haven't done IT since the Navy in 09 and being on a ship in the middle of nowhere with everyone and their mom trying to circumvent ways to post on social media etc etc and even then windows wasn't hell and at that time I hadn't touched a windows PC since maybe 2001 when xps in beta.
Oh goodness yes.
For me it’s the dock that won’t minimise when full screening apps. The other day it was dictation that doubled text while using Safari. All long standing bugs.
I just gave up. It goes through its update spasm, and I just hit 'OK' to get it to roll it back. Ahh, Microsoft...
Upgrade your Mac and set it up by restoring just what's on iCloud. Then come back here and tell us all how much time you spent reconfiguring everything.
Educate yourself before you type random things that don't make sense.
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CCC has saved me on so many occasions over the years. I'm happy to pay for it.
I use CCC on a regular basis but I have ceased upgrading my MAC due to these style functionality changes in a dot release. As this issue is not yet declared a bug I'll refrain from expecting that it is fixed. Very happy that I am still on 10.15.1 and using Aldente for battery management which allows me manual control of the charging level. It looks like another bullet dodged by remaining where I am.
Here's a bit of information on that issue;Time Machine on an APFS disk
How to make Time Machine backups to an APFS disk
Time Machine can’t make backups to a disk formatted in APFS. Oh yes it can – and here’s how you can do it too.
eclecticlight.co
The author mentions APFS formated SSD's in the article.
It's a bit of a workaround, but can be done.
Yes, I know!
I've been working as an ”IT guy” since more than 20 years and use Windows too. I'm not saying anything about things not being worse elsewhere. Still, I think things should work even better considering that that Apple is behind both the hardware and the software.
But sure, I know stuff is complicated when it comes to hardware and software – especially when it comes to the complexity of operating systems – but that doesn't mean quality control can't improve.
It struck me that Apple is and somehow is not following this:
"An excerpt from the 2007 launch of the iPhone where Steve Jobs quotes Alan Kay on
Above quote taken from this video description where Steve Jobs quotes Alan Kay
I'm not sure where I stand with Apple, but in actuality I know that I stand with Apple and that it's that or use Windows 10 or any of the 1 million Linux distros.
I just can't tell where Apple wants to focus?
Is it to create hardware like they've always done or create software to go with said hardware that's in neverending beta.
The hardware is sadly set in stone but software is fluid, as in there's often way out of a problem, but sending an iMac on the market where there's USB ports, but the there's no connection to t from the motherboard to the actual USB ports is not happening.. why the same laissez-faire approach to software like macOS Catalina for instance.
I'm not as such complaining about macOS - Apple does what it does. But, there's some decisions that's just not thought through. Like the Music / iTunes debacle.
Again, I'd rather use macOS than Windows 10.
Having had it installed directly to replace macOS just recently(despite having it in a VM where it belongs)*
I can also attest to the fact that it's not a good place to spend your time.. file dialogs for one and the amount of whitespace and chevrons and checkboxes and running around between Control Panel and Settings, the right clicking and the sounds... oh man, the sounds.. on everything(turn those off asap!!) blip blop - inserted, ejected, navigation, attached device... thank heavens for macOS.
*Was making a Stardock Curtains theme and thought it was best to use Windows on Mac /general hardware forever. No - the interactions between apps is terrible.
Again, I might read into things too much and not understanding one bit of computing past or future.
No one asked for my opinion, but here we are.
"An excerpt from the 2007 launch of the iPhone where Steve Jobs quotes Alan Kay on
as one of the reasons that Apple built a revolutionary phone rather than just write the software"
Above quote taken from this video description where Steve Jobs quotes Alan Kay
I'm not sure where I stand with Apple, but in actuality I know that I stand with Apple and that it's that or use Windows 10 or any of the 1 million Linux distros.
I just can't tell where Apple wants to focus?
Is it to create hardware like they've always done or create software to go with said hardware that's in neverending beta.
The hardware is sadly set in stone but software is fluid, as in there's often way out of a problem, but sending an iMac on the market where there's USB ports, but the there's no connection to t from the motherboard to the actual USB ports is not happening.. why the same laissez-faire approach to software like macOS Catalina for instance.
I'm not as such complaining about macOS - Apple does what it does. But, there's some decisions that's just not thought through. Like the Music / iTunes debacle.
Again, I'd rather use macOS than Windows 10.
Having had it installed directly to replace macOS just recently(despite having it in a VM where it belongs)*
I can also attest to the fact that it's not a good place to spend your time.. file dialogs for one and the amount of whitespace and chevrons and checkboxes and running around between Control Panel and Settings, the right clicking and the sounds... oh man, the sounds.. on everything(turn those off asap!!) blip blop - inserted, ejected, navigation, attached device... thank heavens for macOS.
*Was making a Stardock Curtains theme and thought it was best to use Windows on Mac /general hardware forever. No - the interactions between apps is terrible.
Again, I might read into things too much and not understanding one bit of computing past or future.
No one asked for my opinion, but here we are.
I hope that is subtle sarcasm - if not I will tell why. I run a company. At any moment there may some form of IT failure. If that failure is on a critical path it must be fixed pronto. Can you guarantee the cloud will be available at that moment (looking at you Adobe!)? I basically will not trust anybody I cannot fire.